Aside from the CDC extending its eviction moratorium through July, this has been a light week for COVID-19 law and ethics news. Below is a rundown of other recent stories of interest:

• Combating Anti-Asian Sentiment – A Practical Guide for Physicians. Also see this new Kaiser Family Foundation piece, “Asian Immigrant Experiences with Racism, Immigration-Related Fears, and the COVID-19 Pandemic.”
• Profile of the Unvaccinated (a Kaiser Family Foundation Report from earlier this month). Also see the Greater Than Covid resource The Conversation/La Conversación: Black and Latinx health care workers answer questions about the Covid-19 vaccines, and the New England Journal of Medicine piece Missing the Point — How Primary Care Can Overcome Covid-19 Vaccine “Hesitancy”
• Pediatric COVID-19 Disparities and Prioritizing Equity – Children are not spared. “Previous attempts to understand the factors associated with COVID-19 testing inequity have uncovered that, in some US regions, testing resources are disproportionately allocated to more affluent and predominately White communities. It is possible that the testing gap is further widened by higher rates of concern about testing among certain racial/ethnic groups because of fear, mistrust, anticipated stigma, or risk of employment loss. Nevertheless, the possibility that inequitable resource allocation may also be adversely impacting children justifies the need for more intentional testing prioritization strategies.”
• Breaking Links in the Chain of Racial Disparities for Covid-19 (via the JAMA Network)
• Israel to reinstate indoor mask mandate next week as COVID-19 cases keep rising – while the country has one of the highest vaccination rates in the world, they have not reached herd immunity levels and still have significant unvaccinated populations (including younger children). A rise in individuals traveling, coupled with the exposure of unvaccinated individuals to the Delta variant of the virus, has contributed to a rise in cases in the country. Their Coronavirus czar is quoted as stating: “I call on the public to consider whether traveling abroad is essential. It is highly advisable to avoid non-essential travel abroad….This is not the right time to fly with children who are not vaccinated.”
• Five Priorities for Universal COVID-19 Vaccination (via The Lancet)
• Several Massachusetts health care systems, including Mass General, have announced they will require employees to be fully vaccinated
• Butler University will require Covid-19 vaccination of all students, faculty, and staff this fall
• After Sharp Decline in Routine Childhood Immunizations During COVID-19, CDC Urges “Catch-up” Shots to Avert Outbreaks
• Funding for Rural Covid-19 Care
• Bad Judgement: Ohio judge adds COVID-19 vaccination as terms of probation